Magdalena Frech and Sorana Cirstea will play each other in the 2nd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COURT 9. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Magdalena Frech who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Magdalena Frech is the pick to win this match.
Magdalena Frech -> 1.9
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Magdalena Frech vs. Sorana Cirstea

This will be the 2nd time that Magdalena Frech and Sorana Cirstea clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Frech (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Frech won 6-3 6-7(1) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Birmingham back in 2023.

Highlights Magdalena Frech vs Sorana Cirstea – Birmingham 22-June-2023

Magdalena Frech

Magdalena Frech

10 - 20win/loss

Hard
5-11
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-5
Grass
1-4
Rank
59
High
22
LWWLLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-25 10-16 4-5 0-0 1-4 0-0
2024 41-30 28-15 10-9 1-2 2-4 0-0
2023 39-32 23-21 10-5 0-2 6-4 0-0
2022 38-38 22-19 11-12 1-3 4-4 0-0
2021 38-19 12-5 16-8 6-3 3-2 1-1

Ranked no. 28, Magdalena will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 6-1 6-1 to Starodubtseva in the 2nd round on the 30th of July.

Frech has a compiled 10-20 win-loss record in 2025, 5-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Frech has an overall 384-277 record. She has a positive 151-117 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.

Cincinnati
Frech's Record

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea

12 - 13win/loss

Hard
8-7
I Hard
1-2
Clay
3-2
Grass
0-2
Rank
44
High
21
LWWLWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-20 26-14 3-2 1-2 0-2 0-0
2024 12-16 9-8 3-5 0-0 0-3 0-0
2023 31-22 21-14 7-4 0-1 3-3 0-0
2022 22-21 10-10 4-6 4-2 4-3 0-0
2021 24-18 11-10 11-3 0-2 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 136, Sorana got to the 2nd round after defeating Donna Vekic 6-1 4-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Cirstea defeated Vekic (6-1 4-6 6-3). During the match Cirstea scored 106 points vs Vekic’s 93. The Romanian was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Cirstea scored 7 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Sorana Cirstea lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cirstea put 49% of her first serves in, winning 74% (28/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Vekic 6 times after converting 27% of her break points (6/22).

The Romanian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Iasi.

Sorana has a composed 12-13 win-loss record in 2025, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2009. See her history.

Cincinnati
Cirstea's Record

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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